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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Links</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog shown below provides options for the creation, behavior, and notation for connectors.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" bgcolor="#e3e6ed" style="width:481px; background-color:#e3e6ed; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tableheader">Use to</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_UIControl">General</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Edit Connector on New</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Automatically show the connector </span><span class="f_UIControl">Properties</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog when a new connector is added.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Association default = source -&gt; target</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the direction of new Associations to source-&gt;target (that is, with an arrow head at the target).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Generalization link style Default = Tree</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show Generalizations as tree style hierarchies.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Shade Qualifier boxes</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Lightly shade all Qualifier boxes.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Draw Aggregations Reversed</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Draw Aggregate and Composite connectors from target element to source element. When deselected (the default), these connectors are drawn from source to target.</span></p>
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<td bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">All tools have the parent as the target and the child as the source of the connector, that is a requirement of UML; only the direction in which you drag the mouse to draw the connector is changed.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Prompt on connector deletes</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display a prompt before <a href="deletingconnections.htm">deleting connectors</a>, offering the choice of hiding the connector on the diagram or deleting it completely.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">If you deselect this option, the delete operation defaults to the last setting on the dialog.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Suppress Link Constraints</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Suppress connector constraints in diagrams.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Suppress Qualifier boxes</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Suppress boxes when displaying qualifiers.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Uses arrowheads</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show an arrowhead on Actor-&gt;Use Case Associations.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Override Operation dialog on new connector</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Show the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Override Operation</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> dialog automatically when adding generalizations and realizations between Classes and Interfaces, if the target element has features that can be overridden.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Suppress ' + ' Role Scope</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Ensure that the role and scope are not displayed on the diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Pen Width</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the default connector width.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Routing</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the default connector style for new connectors.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Enable the <a href="quick_links.htm">Quick Linker</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Help</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="481" style="width:481px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Add a 'help' menu option to the end of the Quick Linker menu.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_UIControl">New Connector End-Points</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Center to center</span></p>
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<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Change the position of the dashed guide line for new connectors.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="178" style="width:178px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Force perpendicular line</span></p>
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